Forest / Vorst currently has 56 flats for rent. Monthly rents average €1,642, with the lowest at €600 and the highest at €5,500. The municipality has 56,289 inhabitants spread across 6.3 km². The average age is close to 37, women account for 51.6% of residents, and 60% of residents are tenants. Average net income is €14,812 per year. The population is 65.9% Belgian, 6.6% French, 3.5% Italian, 3.4% Portuguese, 3.4% Romanian, 3.3% Moroccan, 2.9% Spanish and 11% other nationalities. The average home has 4.8 rooms, compared with 6 across Belgium, and the average building dates from 1929. Apartment buildings make up 63.8% of dwellings; houses account for 36.2%. The building-type breakdown is 60.9% buildings and flat blocks, 32.4% closed-type houses, 3.7% commercial houses, 1.9% semi-closed houses, 0.8% other buildings and 0.2% open-type houses, farms or castles.
Tram connections include STIB lines 3, 4, 51, 82 and 97, while the STIB bus routes serving Forest / Vorst include 48, 49, 50, 54 and 74. Stations near the centre are Vorst-Oost / Forest-Est, Vorst-Zuid / Forest-Midi, Ukkel-Stalle / Uccle-Stalle, Anderlecht and Ukkel-Kalevoet / Uccle-Calevoet. By road, the R0 entrance is a 4-minute drive from the centre, and the A4 / E411–E25 is reachable in 14 minutes. The route continues towards Namur, Arlon and Luxembourg City. Households average 0.6 cars, against the national average of 1.3.
For children, Forest / Vorst has 29 nurseries, 26 nursery schools, 26 primary schools and 8 secondary schools. Examples include Le Toboggan, Sunflower Montessori, École Fondamentale Du Vignoble, Ecole Fondamentale Libre En Couleurs, École Primaire Kaléidoscope, Ecole Primaire Libre Sainte-Ursule, Athenee Royal Victor Horta and Institut De Radioelectricite Et Cinematographie. Food shopping options comprise 4 Delhaize, 2 Carrefour, 1 Match / Smatch, 1 Aldi, 1 LIDL and 1 Colruyt. Shared transport includes 17 Villo! bicycle stations and 13 Cambio car-sharing stations. No charging station is known in the municipality. Brussels Airport is 56 minutes away by public transport, or 21 minutes by car.